SLANZA Reading Survey 2021
NZ School Libraries Borrowing Statistics
SLANZA'S ANNUAL READING SURVEY RESULTS 2021
In December each year - the end of the NZ school year - school librarians pool their borrowing statistics to give a snapshot of the books that captured the imaginations of New Zealand school children.
TOP BOOKS OVERALL 2021
TOP AUTHORS 2021
TOP SERIES 2021
TOP NEW ZEALAND TITLES 2021
1. I am not Esther by Fleur Beale
2. Catch me when you fall by Eileen Merriman
3. I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale
TOP NEW ZEALAND AUTHORS 2021
TOP MAGAZINES 2021
1. Teen Breathe
2. Upstart
3. NZ Hunter
BEST BOOKS FOR RELUCTANT READERS 2021
1. Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
3. Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman
HIGH SCHOOLS: TOP BOOKS, AUTHOR AND SERIES 2021
Top Book - Heartstopper Volume 1 - Alice Oseman
Top Author - Robert Muchamore
Top Series - CHERUB by Robert Muchamore
INTERMEDIATE AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS: TOP BOOK, AUTHOR AND SERIES 2021
Top Book - Smile - Raina Telgemeier
Top Author - Dav Pilkey
Top Series - Diary of a wimpy kid - Jeff Kinney
GIRLS SCHOOLS: TOP BOOK, TOP AUTHOR, TOP SERIES 2021
Top Book - Wonder - R J Palacio
Top Author - Sarah J Maas
Top Series - A court of thorns and roses - Sarah J Maas
BOYS SCHOOLS: TOP BOOK, TOP AUTHOR, TOP SERIES 2021
Top Book - The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
Top Author - Robert Muchamore
Top Series - CHERUB by Robert Muchamore
CO-ED SCHOOLS: TOP BOOK, TOP AUTHOR, TOP SERIES 2021
Top Book - Smile - Raina Telgemeier
Top Author - Jeff Kinney
Top Series - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney